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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What techniques do Alobar and Kudra practice that are necessary to a long life?
(a) Eating and drinking.
(b) Exercise and sleeping.
(c) Sleeping and moving.
(d) Breathing and bathing.

2. Dr. Wiggs Dannyboy of the Last Laugh Foundation believes in what?
(a) Paganism.
(b) Incarnation.
(c) Imminent death.
(d) Dematerialization.

3. How old is Priscilla when she marries?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Nineteen.

4. Who is Priscilla's stepmother?
(a) V'lu.
(b) Lily Devalier.
(c) Kudra.
(d) Mrs. Wilson.

5. What year is it in the beginning of Part III?
(a) 1666.
(b) 1822.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1548.

6. Of the trees, which does the author claim would be a stand-up comedian?
(a) The willow.
(b) The elm.
(c) The oak.
(d) The palm.

7. What does Alobar name the perfume he and Pan create?
(a) Jasmine Musk.
(b) Beet Pollen.
(c) K23.
(d) Daydreams.

8. During which period do Alobar and Kudra meet the gypsies?
(a) The early 1500s.
(b) The early 1300s.
(c) The late 1300s.
(d) The mid-1600s.

9. What does Kudra want to open in Paris?
(a) A rope store.
(b) An incense shop.
(c) A candleshop.
(d) A nursery.

10. Who is burned alive in the funeral pyre?
(a) The wife.
(b) The husband.
(c) The dog.
(d) The children.

11. Why is Pan in Paris at the beginning of Part III?
(a) To travel to America.
(b) To visit Alobar.
(c) For Descartes' funeral.
(d) To find Lalo.

12. Where does Alobar witness the funeral pyre?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Bulgaria.
(c) India.
(d) Africa.

13. Where has Alobar been during the time between Parts I and II?
(a) The kingdom.
(b) Aelfric.
(c) The lamasery.
(d) Rome.

14. Who goes to Stockholm to tutor the queen?
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Matisse.
(d) Hugo.

15. What is the title of Part II?
(a) Seattle Winter.
(b) Looking up Chomolungma's Dress.
(c) The Hair and the Bean.
(d) Promise Her Anything But Giver Her K23.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the nine planets, which does the author say looks like the most fun?

2. Where did Alobar get a job working in a spice caravan and hence travel to?

3. Where do Kudra and Alobar decide to try to rematerialize?

4. What does Priscilla need for her perfume project in Part II?

5. Who has ears for irony?

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